Ainola, which is situated near Lake Tuusula, within the administrative area of the town of Järvenpää, was the home of the composer Jean Sibelius and his family after 24th September 1904. While living in Ainola Sibelius wrote the final version of the violin concerto, symphonies 3-7, Tapiola and many other masterpieces.

Ainola became an essential part of the artistic community living by Lake Tuusula, and the Sibeliuses frequently met the families of Pekka Halonen at Halosenniemi, Eero Järnefelt at Suviranta and Juhani Aho at Ahola.

Sibelius died in his beloved Ainola on 20th September 1957. Aino Sibelius, the composer’s wife, continued to live there until the end of the 1960s. In 1972 Jean Sibelius’s daughters sold Ainola to the Finnish State as a museum. The house was opened to the public in 1974.

• Ainola today
• The dining-room at Ainola
• Art in the dining room of Ainola
• The drawing room at Ainola
• Art in the drawing room at Ainola
• The final study and bedroom
• The kitchen at Ainola
• The library at Ainola
• Art in the library at Ainola
• The books of Ainola
• The upper floor at Ainola
• Ainola: the yard and beyond
• Ainola: the yard and beyond
• Other buildings at Ainola
• History of Ainola
• Ainola as a museum 1974-
• Ainola in 1904
• Background to the construction of Ainola
• The renovation of the dwelling house and the construction
• Memories of Ainola
• Children's spouses, grandchildren
• Composers, musicians
• Family
• Other guests
• Servants
• Servants
• The Ainola Estate
• The occupants of Ainola
• Aino Kari
• Aino Sibelius
• Eva Paloheimo
• Heidi Blomstedt
• Heikki Sormunen
• Helmi Vainikainen
• Jean Sibelius
• Katarina Ilves
• Margareta Jalas
• Ruth Snellman